Big Trees, and Wine. What a Combo.

today we left san fran and went north. we crossed the golden gate bridge. it was so foggy we couldn't even see the water below us. but it was cool because i was drivin' in a new mustang. thanks to credit card rewards and avis, i was pimpin'. it wasn't easy. it was fun though. we proceeded to muir woods which is where the redwoods grow. they were big. i read that the tallest redwood is 379.1 ft tall. why do you need the .1? is 379 ft not tall enough? .1 ft is less than an inch. don't think we need to acknowledge that distance when talkin' about something that big. if we were talkin' about my height, ad a .1. i would appreciate that. what if it rains hard and washes away an inch of dirt? would we call it 379.2 ft? i'm just sayin'. kinda ridiculous. so.... i knew they were tall, but i didn't fully understand how big 379 ft was. now i know. it's big.
after some big trees, we drove up to sonoma. i know what you're thinkin'. sears point is right there. you know? sears point? one of two road courses on the nascar circuit? if you don't know what i'm talkin' about, then you are not a redneck. congratulations. that was a test and you passed. after passing the raceway, we went wine tasting. it was something different for me since i really only drink beer or bourbon. it was good though. i even bought a bottle for myself. it was a bottle by jacuzzi (the same family who made the original hot tub) and it is called barbera.
we had good experiences in all the wineries we hit up today, but by far the best was at imagery. we went for the art. all the bottles of wine have an original piece of art on the label, and most of the art is on display at the winery. but we met sil there. he was our bartender, and he was very personable, knowledgeable and most importantly polite. he told me more than i could understand about the wines. mrs. meat and i told him our likes and dislikes and he just kept bringin' us wines he thought we would like. he did well. since it was for our anniversary, he waved the tasting fee and let me try a $75 a bottle wine. it was great. i felt like i owed him a car wash after i drank it but, he said we were good. we are now about to head out to dinner in wine country so i will let you workin' losers get to back to your jobs, but check back later for more from wine country.